The table illustrates the earnings of secondary and high school lecturers in five different countries: Australia, Denmark, Luxembourg, Korea, and Japan, in 2009.
Overall, Luxembourg had the highest wages for lecturers in US dollars, while Australia had the lowest income among the countries listed in the table.
Among the five nations, Australia and Denmark took the least time to reach their maximum salaries. In Australia, lecturers started with an annual income of $28,000, which increased to $48,000 after fifteen years, hitting the maximum after just nine years. In Denmark, the initial annual income was $45,000, which rose to $54,000 over the next fifteen years, reaching their maximum salary after eight years.
In Japan and Korea, teachers received initial salaries of $34,000 and $65,000, respectively. After fifteen years of teaching, these figures grew to $65,000 and $48,000. They reached their maximum earnings after thirty-seven and thirty-four years of service, respectively. In contrast, teachers in Luxembourg started with an impressive salary of $80,000 per year and achieved a maximum income of $132,000 after thirty years, significantly surpassing the earnings of the other four countries.